Button or the like



Dec. 28, 1937. P, FENTON 2,103,615

BUTTON OR THE LIKE Filed Feb. 10, 1937 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 28, 1937 TATENT oFiFies -BUTTON R THE LIKE I Patti E. Fenton,."ihoinaston, Conn, assignor to Seovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, (Jenn, a corporation of Connecticut Application February 10,

tionin-g not only enhances the appearance of the garments, but also adds advertising value of benefit to the manufacturer where the design constitutes the manufacturers trade-mark. Various types of buttons having a design, ornamentation or trade-mark on their top, and means thereon bearing a definite relation to the design and adapted for cooperative action with orienting means on button-feeding mechanism, are disclosed in the patent to Wolfi, No. 2,067,222, January 12, 1937. A button-feeding and attaching machine for orienting buttons of the types disclosed in the Wolff patent are shown and described in the patent to Miller, No. 2,067,225, January 12, 1937.-

In the various modifications of buttons shown in the Wolff patent aforementioned, a preliminary setting of the body portion with respect to the cap or shell is necessary in assembling the button parts in the process of manufacture to accurately register the means on the button with the design on the cap thereof. To do away with this preliminary registration between the shell and the body of the button and provide direct registration between the design on the shell and the body portion, it has been proposed to provide on the shell an integral tab or lip which bears a definite relation to the design, which tab or lip in the assembling of the shell and body portion is bent back down over the body portion and is thereat adapted for cooperative engagement with means on the button-feeding mechanism to definitely orient the design for presentation to the button-attaching or setting station. Such button construction is disclosed in the patent to Janes, No. 2,067,223, January 12, 1937.

In buttons of the type disclosed in the Janes patent aforementioned, it'will be appreciated that in forming the shell with a lip or tab results in an excessive amount of scrap in the stamping of said shell from sheet metal. T eliminate this excessive scrap while at the same ime obtain the benefits accruing from the direct registration between the design on the shell and the body por- 1937, Serial No. 124,970

tion, I propose, instead of providing the shell with a lip or tab, to form in the marginal portion of the shell arecess, detent or cut-out portion, which, when said marginal portion is bent back down over the body portion, will provide a recess or shoulder abutment with which the orienting means of the button-attaching mechanism-can cooperate.

The invention will be better understood from the detailed description which follows, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure l is atop plan'view of a tack button embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the button shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially along the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

A conventional form of tack button is shown in the drawing and may be said to consist of a cap or shell I i) of generally circular configuration having an inturned marginal lip I l engaging over a complemental, upturned marginal lip l2 on a flange [3 extending outwardly from a cylindrical hub M, the bottom of which has an inturned .flange l5 defining an axial opening. The parts l2 to IE may be said to constitute the body portion of the button, while the parts Hi to it may be said to constitute the crown portion of the button. Mounted within the button between the cap l0 and the flange I3 is an anvil plate It, and disposed between said anvil plate and the inturned flange I5 is a filler element Il having an axial opening therethrough in alignment with the opening in the flange [5 for receiving the pin of a tack in the course of attaching the button to a garment or other article. The cap or shell I!) on its top is provided with an ornamental design l8, herein shown as consisting of the arbitrary word or trade-mark Covill disposed across the button in a straight line. Obviously the design may consists of any word, character, emblem or ornamentation, as desired. The tack button thus far described is merely by way of illustration, and the invention is not to be construed as limited thereto but has general application to any analogous type of article, as will presently appear.

According to my invention the cap or shell IE3 is formed adjacent or at its marginal portion with a recess or cut-out part H! which bears a definite relation to the design l8 on the top of the shell. and as herein shown the recess in the marginal portion coincides, at least in part, with the diameter of the cap or shell which passes through the design and has lateral edges 20 extending substantially parallel to said diameter. The recess l9 maintains its definite relation to the design on the top after the assembly of the shell upon the body, in the course of which assembly the marginal or peripheral portion of the shell is bent down over the flange l2 of the body portion.

The recess [9 being formed in the marginal portion of the shell will, when said marginal por-' tion is bent down over the flange 12, provide a recess or depressed portion in the crown of the, v button, which, when the button is fed down the usual track or slideway of a button-feeding mechanism, will be adapted for cooperative engagement with a pointer or other means to definitely orient the button with the design in proper relation, for presentation to the button-attaching or setting station.

In the present specification and drawing .1 have shown and described my invention as applied to a tack button of the top. shell: type; it will be appreciated, however, that the concept underlying the present invention is, not. tobe construed as so limited for it is generally applicable to other types of buttons; snap fastener'elements' and devices which are subject to analogous problems in assembling. Hence I do not wishto be limited to the present disclosure except in so far as the same falls within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A button or the like, comprising a crown por tion and a hub portion, a design on the top of the crown portion and a recess in the periphery of, the crown portion bearing a definite relation to the design for registering the design with a button-attaching means.

2.A button or the like of the top shell type, comprising a top shell and a body over which the shell is. mounted, said shell having a design on the top thereof and a recess in the marginal portion of the shell bearing a definite relation to the design for registering the design with a button-attaching means.

3. A buttonv or the like of the top shell type, comprising a top shell and a body over which the shell is mounted so that the margin of the shell overlies, thebody, said shell having a design on the. top; thereof and a cut-out recess in its marginal portion overlying the body; said cut-out recess bearing a definite relation to thedesign for registering: the design. with a button-attaching means.

PAUL E. FENTON. 

